June 24th, 2010

First Swim

One of the perks of traveling is access to pools. We really only have pay to swim pools in town and I hadn’t decided whether we would do the baby swim class this summer and wanted to introduce Spencer to the water before I paid for classes and had him scream in terror all the way through. We are staying with my husband’s aunt in Boulder and her complex has a pool. We took Spencer tonight and he loved it.

Getting his feet wet!

We started out with him just sitting on the steps and he seemed a little confused, like the pool was a giant, cold bathtub.  After a few minutes, he seemed to take to the water. I went in and carried him deeper in the pool. He started kicking right away and when I put him on his stomach he splashed his hands and kicked his feet in a really rudimentary doggy-paddle. I swear that if I had let him go he would have swam clear across the pool. We are going to have take him in again before we leave.

We made it to the deep end

His joy made me get over having to be in a bathing suit, which was slightly horrifying. The incident was also photographed; this served two purposes: we have a cute memento of the occasion and now I have huge motivation to start eating better and exercising. I don’t want to crop myself out of all of Spencer’s childhood photographs.

June 22nd, 2010

Mini Milestone: Ring Stacker

Spencer learned how to put the rings back on the post! He never seemed too interested and the all of a sudden he started sticking his fingers through the rings and looking at the post. Next he was banging the rings on the top of the post. I didn’t see him put the very first one on, but I heard the clunk followed by his squeal of delight. He worked at it for a few hours and now is stacking them on with the greatest of ease. Now he has been eyeing the shape sorter, so I think I know what is next.

June 17th, 2010

Mini Milestone: Kid’s Meal

We had a mini-milestone while we were in Sacramento. We ordered Spencer’s first menu item – mac and cheese from IKEA. Mostly in restaurants, we bring snacks and feed him bits off of our plates, but this time we decided to order something. Proably because it was 99 cents, so what was the harm if he didn’t finish it. He made a mess, but ate almost the entire bowl. And loved it.

Mmmm. Cheesy

June 2nd, 2010

Wordless Wednesday: Grass